This post makes a good point that many people forget.
News/literature from a group supporting that group is usually meaningless. I'm thinking every news article should have, in big bold font, at the beginning "this article was written by etc." and including, where appropriate, "we are owned/I was paid by etc."
But if they haven't been using it, by patenting it, you release the information on how to do 'it' to spammers that would not be affected by US Patent law...
...the only rules I hated were the ones my parents wouldn't discuss. That would send me into a fury. I think George Carlin said it with something like: " 'Don't run in halls!' 'Why?' 'Because!'. 'Because', that's a sign of a bad rule right there. "
If you can't give more than "because", kids won't listen. You can apply any rules onto your child if you just give enough reason/present it well enough. Just put in the time to make your case. You can't just make a rule, and than expect everything to work out great. You have to put time and effort into it. You get what you put it. I find parents expect results from no work just because they are an "authority". Kids are smart too, they don't trust authority just because. And if they did, they may have a self-esteem probably(seriously, the really "good" kids commonly fall into depression).
It's true, any restrictions on mainstream entertainment will make indie entertainment(in other words, art) more prevalent. Just watch some indie movies; 1 trillion times better than hollywood trash. Listen to some indie music; it's actually art, not mind-numbing equated tones.
But, I still agree that restricting the mainstream media and monopolising the content industry even further is wrong; just gives more power to those who already have way too much.
Robert Fripp said it the best "Music and the music industry have nothing to do with each other."
This persuasion, featured in RIAA propaganda, and held by some people(guy who ran "family" record store?), that somehow by downloading songs you won't have any music to enjoy is just stupefying. Even if all the major labels went out of business the consumer would not be negatively affected. The internet with all its file-sharing realms would still be there, and no-doubt better then ever.
And new music would still fill these realms. Artists make art because that's what they do. It has nothing to do with profit to them. They would be making art no matter what.
If anything, it just opens up the average consumer to more artistically inclined music; they're better off.
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"Shoot the messenger" refers, to my knowledge, to situations when you get some bad news and you get mad at the 'messenger'.
This post makes a good point that many people forget. News/literature from a group supporting that group is usually meaningless. I'm thinking every news article should have, in big bold font, at the beginning "this article was written by etc." and including, where appropriate, "we are owned/I was paid by etc."
I've played Goldeneye for the N64, and we even used lugers: the machine was easily conquered. Ha-zaa.
Um, Linux is Jesus, where have you been? You know, right? It saves us?
But if they haven't been using it, by patenting it, you release the information on how to do 'it' to spammers that would not be affected by US Patent law...
...the only rules I hated were the ones my parents wouldn't discuss. That would send me into a fury. I think George Carlin said it with something like: " 'Don't run in halls!' 'Why?' 'Because!'. 'Because', that's a sign of a bad rule right there. "
If you can't give more than "because", kids won't listen. You can apply any rules onto your child if you just give enough reason/present it well enough. Just put in the time to make your case. You can't just make a rule, and than expect everything to work out great. You have to put time and effort into it. You get what you put it. I find parents expect results from no work just because they are an "authority". Kids are smart too, they don't trust authority just because. And if they did, they may have a self-esteem probably(seriously, the really "good" kids commonly fall into depression).
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He's referring to memory(RAM), hard-disk space As in, having a program that takes up 30 megs of your memory is a waste if it's just for playing media.
I really like this post.
It's true, any restrictions on mainstream entertainment will make indie entertainment(in other words, art) more prevalent. Just watch some indie movies; 1 trillion times better than hollywood trash. Listen to some indie music; it's actually art, not mind-numbing equated tones.
But, I still agree that restricting the mainstream media and monopolising the content industry even further is wrong; just gives more power to those who already have way too much.
Robert Fripp said it the best "Music and the music industry have nothing to do with each other." This persuasion, featured in RIAA propaganda, and held by some people(guy who ran "family" record store?), that somehow by downloading songs you won't have any music to enjoy is just stupefying. Even if all the major labels went out of business the consumer would not be negatively affected. The internet with all its file-sharing realms would still be there, and no-doubt better then ever. And new music would still fill these realms. Artists make art because that's what they do. It has nothing to do with profit to them. They would be making art no matter what. If anything, it just opens up the average consumer to more artistically inclined music; they're better off.